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Butter dish with cover
Dutch (Delft)
about 1750
Medium/Technique
Tin-glazed earthenware
Dimensions
Height 10 cm (3 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
The G. Ephis Collection—Museum purchase with funds donated anonymously, Charles Bain Hoyt Fund, John H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund, Mary S. and Edward J. Holmes Fund, William Francis Warden Fund, Tamara Petrosian Davis Sculpture Fund, John Lowell Gardner Fund, Seth K. Sweetser Fund, H. E. Bolles Fund, and funds by exchange from the Kiyi and Edward M. Pflueger Collection-Bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and Gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger
Accession Number2012.598a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
DescriptionRound butter dish in the form of a basket with 'famille rose' colors.
Marks
Unmarked
InscriptionsTwo labels:
On underside of base: "Collection G. Ephis"
On underside of cover: "Aronson Antiquairs / Amsterdam"
On underside of base: "Collection G. Ephis"
On underside of cover: "Aronson Antiquairs / Amsterdam"
Provenance2000, sold by Jean-Gabriel Peyre (dealer), Paris, to the G. Ephis collection (private collector), France; 2012, sold by the G. Ephis collection to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 24, 2012.